I tell you this to show you that the Church to-day is in the position of upholding a belief which has become meaningless because its foundation has been laughed away.

Believing no longer in the god of Moses who cursed them, Christians yet assume to believe in their need of a Saviour to intercede between them and this exploded idol of terror.

Unhappily, I am so made that I cannot occupy that position.

To me it is not honest.
Old man, do you remember a certain saying of Squire Cumpston?
It was this: "If you're going to cross the Rubicon, _cross_ it! Don't wade out to the middle and stand there: you only get hell from both banks!" And so I have crossed; I find the Squire was right about standing in the middle.

Happily, or unhappily, I am compelled to believe my beliefs with all my head and all my heart.